tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post8533908231717101262..comments2024-03-24T14:47:00.370-07:00Comments on Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon: It was twenty years ago todayAl Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01517967406876572177noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-89667102022810620622022-02-04T16:28:11.884-08:002022-02-04T16:28:11.884-08:00I downloaded this novel because I've been look...I downloaded this novel because I've been looking for more stories. I am running out of TV shows. I've never understood fiction but thought maybe I'd like this since I watch a lot of Star Trek. I got through about 150 pages before realizing I was hopelessly lost and had no idea what was going on so I read a plot summary I found at https://revelationspace.fandom.com/wiki/Revelation_Space<br /><br />I can see how this story would make a fine movie; Hell, it could even be source material for a streaming series (say, ten episodes on NetFlix or Amazon Prime). But I still don't get how novels work. Kovacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06378741407569444688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-67096567255504286192012-11-07T07:21:33.563-08:002012-11-07T07:21:33.563-08:00I have (even before I read this blog post) just s...I have (even before I read this blog post) just started re-reading Revelation Space again. I picked up my copy in my local Tesco in about 2004. I remember at the time thinking I must have dipped into a series of books about halfway through, because there seemed to be so much back story and depth that was hinted at. I loved the book and was amazed when I discovered it was you're first novel, and delighted when I discovered there were several more in the series waiting to be bought and read. I quickly caught up with all that you'd published and have a first edition of everything from The Prefect onwards. <br />I'm thoroughly enjoying re-aquainting myself with RS and it's fascinating universe, It's as good as I remember it being first time around..Alant595https://www.blogger.com/profile/12607224231692420972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-55779220124291628732012-11-06T13:18:03.977-08:002012-11-06T13:18:03.977-08:00Thanks, delighted that you're enjoying RS. Lis...Thanks, delighted that you're enjoying RS. Listen to your wife, though - I'd hate to lose a reader.Al Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01517967406876572177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-29822261948236778972012-11-06T12:56:59.515-08:002012-11-06T12:56:59.515-08:00I downloaded it on Saturday on my iPad (kindle) an...I downloaded it on Saturday on my iPad (kindle) and I'm plowing through it. It's is Tuesday and I'm more than half way through. If I spend anymore time reading it, my wife will hit me over the head with it. Little does she know, I have five more books. <br /><br />Great writing. I look forward to reading your other works. <br /><br />You have a new fan for life. Nate0624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-18031352210781227582012-10-29T23:11:36.790-07:002012-10-29T23:11:36.790-07:00I only just came across RS last year while on a ra...I only just came across RS last year while on a random trip to the bookstore, though I'm really glad I did. I've really enjoyed seeing Scorpio develop as a character. The whole series has been great!Edgar Segurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17843481409653211213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-8129122966757994132012-10-11T05:18:45.850-07:002012-10-11T05:18:45.850-07:00Got the Rev Space book for my birthday (6th Oct), ...Got the Rev Space book for my birthday (6th Oct), after reading it in the library in the early 2000s, becoming hoked on your work, and buying most the rest of the things you've written since. Never realised it had taken so long to gestate, thanks for persevering ;pUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07768493544291689898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-16554481737208682962012-10-07T14:55:41.200-07:002012-10-07T14:55:41.200-07:00We're reading RS in our book group at the loca...We're reading RS in our book group at the local library!Tyler Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-60071874490216588832012-10-07T12:03:27.087-07:002012-10-07T12:03:27.087-07:00That is beautiful, Al. Thank you for sharing the b...That is beautiful, Al. Thank you for sharing the background.<br /><br />And I really want to read the stuff cut written in the Philippines, now...Jeff S.http://facebook.com/jeffmspradlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-81556650052321407492012-10-06T18:23:52.905-07:002012-10-06T18:23:52.905-07:00Hell yes! This is great. Thank you for sharing you...Hell yes! This is great. Thank you for sharing your process & experience! I have a few projects that are taking years longer than they were supposed to. Awesome encouragement! Such wonderful books you've written.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739178352591827111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-72001481533260939142012-10-06T07:46:10.187-07:002012-10-06T07:46:10.187-07:00Revelation Space blew my mind. I love how I feel l...Revelation Space blew my mind. I love how I feel like your concepts stretch my mind into dimensions I'd never discovered alone. It's fascinating to hear about how long it took to write it and get published, and how life got in the way at times. Makes me feel a bit better about the fits and starts I experience with my own novel. Thanks for sharing :-)Leoniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954602356657996000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-36329448327397562942012-10-05T18:55:12.030-07:002012-10-05T18:55:12.030-07:00I always wondered how you managed to publish two v...I always wondered how you managed to publish two very good books a year apart! I'd presumed that CC was written after, or during the publication phase of RS. But you've since basically published a book every year or so, were the ideas for your next couple of books RA and AG, on paper as well during this period, or fresh after pubs. of RS and CC?Dave from Downunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177325241501320978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-29750634595342709962012-10-05T11:27:51.081-07:002012-10-05T11:27:51.081-07:00It's a great read. What I love most about Rev...It's a great read. What I love most about Revelation Space and Chasm City is how the alien races are UTTERLY alien. Thanks for the historical context!contrarybearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350562282081181324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-69930203398292180112012-10-05T07:39:52.262-07:002012-10-05T07:39:52.262-07:00Also found this in my travels on the Internet and ...Also found this in my travels on the Internet and made me think this image is from somewhere in the RS universe...<br /><br />http://razetheworld.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dontnod___adrift_conceptart_03_by_paooo-d471b8j1.jpgPeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-59697998125840638042012-10-05T04:53:54.066-07:002012-10-05T04:53:54.066-07:00I picked up Revelation Space in Liverpool when I w...I picked up Revelation Space in Liverpool when I was there on a work assignment in 2001. I read a lot of books back when my job included lots of travel. I found RS in the new paperbacks section and it was a hefty tome with a wonderful cover. I picked it up and haven't stopped reading your stuff since. <br /><br />My biggest regret for getting on Twitter is all of your UK fans who follow you and get your books early. They often comment about the content more than I'd like. Yes, I could order from Amazon.co.uk...but I still like going to the store and being among books. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing your writing with us.David Carmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-32771643458879850112012-10-05T04:15:32.636-07:002012-10-05T04:15:32.636-07:00Very cool to read this. As it happens I just fini...Very cool to read this. As it happens I just finished giving RS another read after several years, you create a really exciting and interesting world with this book. Not just in the events in the novel but the implications of the larger RS Universe I think are really cool.Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143440998478479157.post-69857062966199143852012-10-05T02:52:59.203-07:002012-10-05T02:52:59.203-07:00I love revelation space! It's my favorite nove...I love revelation space! It's my favorite novel; by anyone. So, thank you for that! <br /><br />I've also picked up any other book you wrote; with exception of "Blue Remembered Earth", since I'm still reading "Terminal World". <br /><br />I hope you return to the RS universe soon; because it is so exciting! Driesnoreply@blogger.com